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WHAT THE INDIANS COST US.
i %* cut
SUVsIIIT lIMR l TIME
lii.-nditurr* for hr* Iwm Fhml
Vr Urrr More Than HKHEtMMi.tHME
< tintiitiioit*r Jours* lli pori —!•*
IM-|rr*i**** tbr Hallon kyatrm. \n
„nlty I'nuncnu ml thr of
Vlli mr !•—■*# y*lt I* n Mistake to
< ottsHler That Indian* %r* lh iuu
Oof.
V ngton, Nov. 11.—The total ex
.* ** * by th uvprnmnt on account
to -< r Ind .*n grrvtce from March 4. 17*9
„! a i inr luffing July 30, 1100,
\., *.217, * ordiiig to the annual
it,, t f rommiseloner 6f Indian affaire.
W\ i ini A. Jones.
T expenditures for the fiscal year
rn j :.m July amounted to slo > lli,b7 Of
th tmoani at least $3.390.0€ff was ffevot-
Ch j , the cause of Indian education.
1* ♦ report deprecates the ration ys
ter: annuity payments and the leasing of
ah' tmenfs.
T v Ir.d an iopulntlon of the United
Sti •* is about 2ff7.<#*> of which 45,270
re • n dolly ration Nearly two-fifths
i,f • nutnler recelvlnir rations belong
to the great Sioux nation The ration
hae been gradually reduced In the past
fev, v. ir?- In a eordance with the policy
of the Indian bureau. If the Indians
els m for full rations n a right Is eon
i the Commissioner predicts that
th* me when they will Im* --elf-support
ing a*" n the very distant future. If It
cones a all.
A numb-r of th* Indians also are ns
by occasional issues and at sever
u4 r ue-s the old and Indigent are pro
vided t* These aggregat* about 12.57“
Alt '-'ti'f there are 87.57’* Indians re
cslmi . subsistence In sim<* degret-. x
-cluf-■ \ of Indian children in boarding
ech*
TANARUS! Commissioner urges that the In
dlscr mlnote ,ssue of rations should stop
at cn * The and helpless, he says.
eho i b** provide* I for. but rations should
be i Mj"*d to the able boiled only for labor,
whin- thoe who have been educated In
Ind .an schools should depend entirely on
their own resources.
An*.attic* !s?rlbuu*d lost year nggre
gatt 1 f1.507.541. the per capita ranging
from f2W down to 5“ cents. The report
nay* that Urge money payments to the
Indians "aro demoralising In the ex
treme, They degrade tne Indians and
corrupt the white, they induce pauper
inn am! scandal and f*rm*; they nullify
rdl rthe good effects of years of labor.
Indian* Have n Ilia Fund.
"Thera is now In the treasury to the
credit f Indian tribe $3?. 17 a,. r . of* draw
ing nt®ri‘ amounting annually to
sUv4s,4fcf*.|S I’esldes this, several of the
tribes hove large Incomes from leasing
and other source*. It is a *fr pr*
diction that 10r.,: these funds exist
the liurtans will b* the prey of designing
people/*
Two remedies have been suggested:
Firs*, the gradual extinction of the**
funl siting aside sufficient sum lo
mam ten the reservation school* a defin
ite jm re ti of yearn, and then dividing th**
balance per capita and paying each
member of the trite* at certain ages their
share.
Second, as a coroil try to this, division
of the land belonging to the tribe per
capita Ihe rem* dy proposed would not
invariably immediately rebgatc the In
dian* to poverty, though the remote re
sult might be for tiretn t* work to save
*hemseive! from actual want. The gen
! leasing of thoir nllotmtlUi by the
f Tans to white men Is denounced
There were 250 Indian school* of all
ids conducted by the* government, and
Increase of 1.412 pupils in enrollment
1 1 142 In average attendance shown
c*r the previous year. About R.DOO of
14.000 eligible school children are un
tvlded for Compulsory education of
Indian children is strongly indorsed.
1 Congress Is urged to authorise th*
mmisMoner. to place every on*- of
hool age In some school, the selection
<' the school to he left largely to edu
•ed Indian parents
The report controverts th* commonly
opted theory that by constant contact
?h the whiten the extinction of the
hi! an Is only a motter of time. It says
ia I*- elated wbh * degree of con
fi l* nee that the Indian population of the
i rted States has been very little dimln
-1 fror** the day* of Columbus. Oor
• do. Kulelgh. Capt. John Smith and
c'.er early explorers.
\Mi ll It IN Tl%l* StIOOTHBM*.
Party of i rack Idiot* fo I hallenge
Rarnprnn gpotrts.
htcairn, Nov. 11.—Americnn trap hool
■ are the latear *o propose an Invasion
i* mimr. A (niii of representative
k nhots of tills country will probably
1 from New York early next -prlmt
a tour of Rniltnd and th- continent,
irscen man will R*v ten of them form -
the tram an.l the others being sue-
1 V R Elliott of Kansas City; John 9.
f nln* of thi* city. Thom. * Marshall of j
K- .thahtirn, 111; Prank 9. Parma ire of.
"mib.i, Xab.; Rlehartl Merrell of Mil-I
•n'.kee; William R Crosby of Batavia,
h V, Rollo O. Helkea of Day lon. O.;!
,ini ray Pnwrr* of Prratur, 111. ; himl
rl. s w Rudd of DenMolne*, lowa, are
ona selected for the trip I* l the
t.iion of the party to challenitr any .
lmi In Europe, and after thr contest*
England n trip may ho made to Ger
iny France and Austria.
'HKBIIT %MKK*Otl IIK 111.
lilted ii||| rr |n Oranar County for
tlttrrn 1 eara.
M.ndo. Fla.. Nov. 11.-Sheriff J. C.
'■ *l* raon. who boa filled thr ofWvolfor ala*
• ' \earr, und who waa re-elected last
'••lay for still another term, dlrd at hla
lot. yesterday from tho effect of a par
*iv.. t T , |. B hovt four''w eek* •*<• He
v - ons at lbs o'.th•' and best known
Hr In the male He> same to Florida
Covington, On., where hi* father
and the ofllee of nherlff for many year*,
i Aheie hit brother now hold* the same
i ton.
V sterday's meeting the Executive
i-inlttee recommended t'hariea K. Mr
"ill for appointment to All Sheriff An.
• n n umpired term
ha fe lllosser* tint tl.Ollil,
•rlottc. N C. Nov. 11,-Sifeer.iekerw
“ * pen the *afe* In the po*toflW and
" e rener.il mer tiandtse store of J E.
k & l*o. at Matthew*. N. C.. early
rilay mornlntc nml secured nearly
'** In . ash. The rohhera were tracked
'he depot, where they probably took
* min pissing there at S:SO a. m
llepol for Hanson. ,
*w*on <ln.. Nov. 11.—President Bj n
i" Central, while here last week
■I that Diwwon wlli have a* nice a
” a* there i* m the mate m the near
re t>aw*on nerds It.
PURE FOOD
IS NECESSARY IN
maintaining HEAI.TH
EAT-WELL.
Pate
I Sick he*dche. Food doesn't di-I
I gest well, appetite poor, bowels con- I
I sfipaied, tongue coated. It’s your I
I liver! Ayers Pills sre livef pills, I
I cssy and safe. They cure dyspep- I
I sis, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists. I
NN*ut jour mounUcne r a bsauUfai
brown or rich Mk ' Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE tiUKr.
f * '<*•'* .*. * e **♦ *f o I*.• . s ■
ItOWI-ITSI. I‘itH 't\Sl VH-TIVKS.
Nntlotinl Jrwitli OiKitiilaallnn I’er
feeterl nt i Inelnnnti.
rinelnnatl. Nov. ll.—The trustees nf the
National Jewish Hospital for Conauntp
tlves at Denver met here to-day ai 1
perfected Vrm.un*m organisation.
There are thirty-fl\ nn miters and they
have heretofore had only a provisional
organisation The lioard was fully rep
regentf'l a 1 there were o*her dist*n
vuished visitors. Including physicians.
Addresses made by Habbi Friedman
<*f Denver; Hamuel Or*bfe|ir of Ixxns
vllle, Hahbi T. K Cortlsch of Hi* hinorul.
Vi ; Alfre i Mueller of Denver. Dr.
Levy of Denver, and other*
Th* following officer* were elec led:
l*r*ident. HumuH Orsbfelder. Louis
ville; vice presidents. Sol \V Levy. Cin
cinnati and Loti,* Uerstley of I’hil
adelphia; secretary, A Mueller of Den
ver: treasurer. Ben Althelmef of St
Louis.
Kxecutlve Committee: I>eo A. Loeh of
Chicago; Philip Hum berg er of Pittsburg
ami Ignatius Rice of N* w York, together
with all of the offlipfl ** ex-off! I©
members.
At :h* merging to-morrow a board of
managers and other officers will be
elected.
I MTUUAN ( OM/'HI'AI K.
I'romiiirnt Minlult-rs Arc feathered In
%tlnitci.
Atlanta, N>v. 11.- Many distinguished
Unitarian ministers arc here to attend the
fourteenth annua! session of the South*
cm Conference **f the Cr.ltarian churches.
The meetings will be held In Ibc Church
of <hr Father, which was dedkuted to
day Rev. Marion F Ham conducted the
exercises ami Itev. S imue: A Kliot, D IX.
of Boston, presklent of the Am* rWan Uni
tarian Association, preached the dedica
tion sermon
Rev. C.a re nee Adrian I.nngston of Bos
ton is pnstor of the church.
Among the prominent visitors expected
nt the conference rf Hon. Frank N
Hartwell, president of th** cotrferene.*
Louisville. Ky : Hen Frederick Brotn
berg. vice president, kloblle, Ain : Rev
Oeorge A Thayer, Clncinngtl; Rev D. C
Llmhaugh, Dallas, Tex ; Rev. Fred V
Hawley. Lotilsvlllo. K>.; Miss Fanny
Field. Cincinnati, Rev. Samuel A Wllof
D. D . president of the American Unitar
ian Ah*; 'ation. Ho*:on. and Airs. B
Ward Dix. president of the National Al
liance of Unitarian Women. Brooklyn.
>m ußmi: mrrici ltjb.
( hiengo ll<*nri <f 1 rule and Tele
graph f ompnnle* to Confer.
Chicago. Nov. 11.—There Is every prob
ability Chat the long standing difference*
between the Board of Trade and the
Western Union and Post a' Te I graph com.
panic*- will b* settled to-morrow at a con
ference to be held in the office of Presi
dent Warren of the Hoard of Trade.
E J Nallv. acting fr the Uostal and
H R. Q. Ckwry re|* relenting the West
ern Union, last week forwarded to their
head office* In New York a proposition
outiir.lng a basis of settlement, and this
has been agreed to In its entirety. It Is
believed the t l ,nees*ton* will !**• met In lib
eral spirit by the board and that the whole
trouble will be quickly adjusted.
Th n*t imi*or?ant featurat of the
present flan*! of the telegraph companies
are th** determination not to k ban don ih**
lo* l field i> the Cleveland Telegraph
Company, and the *l* man*) that the Board
of TVide shall designate what firm*
should le placed under the head of bucket
shops and shall Im prepared to defend
any action that may Im* brought If the
telegraph companies refuse to transmit
•pitrt.it*cn* to houses.
TSI.I. Mt *f*EE WAV AUK AD.
I unntinit the Capital Hrmotal Voir.
Ollier Dft* Votes.
Tallahassee, Fla.. Nov. 11.—Th* South
cm Industrial Con von I lon has boon ciflled
lo moot at New Orleans on Dec. 1. anti
Gov. Bloxham has been requested to ap
point delegates to represent Florals l’*r
sons desiring tp attend the convention will
l>e commissioned as delegate* upon appli
cation to the Governor.
The Florida Railroad Commission will
hold a session here on .Monday, whleh will
be at tend.si by representative* of the
iransts.r’ ttlon companies doing burin*#*
wholly or partly In this state. The ob
ject of this meeting Is to agree upon
freight rates.
The contest for the capital of Florida
has narrowed down to Tallahassee and
Jxikwonvllle. with Tallahassee leading
with more than two votes to one for
Jacksonville. A plurality was only re
quired In the primary, bui Tallahassee h*
Vevernl hundred majority of the entire
vote east. A number of counties which
voted almost solidly for Tallahassee re
main to he heard from According to re
turns received here, Tallahassee now has
15.3E1 vote*
SHOT llKit ItIftHAXD DEAD.
Woman Said ffltc Had Heen Driven
to Desperation. ’
Chicago. Nov. 11.— May Teresa Jotephlns
Schmitt shol and a most Jns.antly kl 1-d
her husband, Peter, late to-night at their
home tn this olty.
• After the shooting, which o curre.l tn
the parlor of the hotmc, Fchmitt *tx
gereri out through the front .For and fell
dead in Jhe yard. Mr Schmitt Inale no
attempt to escape. She admitted th *
shooting, but declare! her husband ha 1
driven her lo desperation by his acts. Fo
some time, the woman declares, ahe had
been neglected by her hurhand, wdto waa
drinking heavily and paying attention to
other women
Whan h> entered his home late to-night
hlw wife declares h- was lntoxl atel. and
, I i:m;■ r • . J |i >'
r *l. and the shouting followed.
Klrr In a lllw t opper Mine.
Dulte. Mont,, Nov. 11—Fire broke out
In the 300-foot level of the llcll mine, an
Amalgamated Copper Company property,
inti nigh* and Is still burning. It I* un
dsr control, but grave fears art- entertain
ed that It cannot la* extinguished. The
or In this mine I* fret milling, contain
mg large percentage of Mllphur and tire
cm •• st arted 1* a bard proposition to han
dle The loss will certainly t>e large. The
aource of the fire la unknown
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 19041.
WARM CONTEST IN FLORIDA.
PIGHT OVgft STATU/* %TTOIIfHffY
*HIU AT OHLAAOO.
lot*- Vlrlwrrii llrga* and .tones Is
Very t lose—Protests Filed %Ktnt
•he \ ote In Several Precincts, j
There U ere Ton Many > otes in the
Hose* V uder the Prlwmry Mill***.
Stale C ommiftre Mi? Ila%e to Set
tle It.
Orlando, Uls . Nov H —Tle County Kjl
Coeni tee m t here yesterday to
can\xiss the %'ote * ist it the Democratic j
primary 'if* Tuesday last
John C. Jones, candidate for appoint- '
ment by the Governor for the ofllc* uf
state attorney for this judicial district, j
attains*, the present Incumbent. J D.
I*< gg*. who has held the place timler ex
ecutive for nearly sixteen
part, filed a protest against counting the
vote of the two largest precincts in th**
county—Orlando and Sanford Bts pro
test alleges that In the Orlando precinct
the Inspectors were not properly sworn
In. and that the vote cast at the primary
exceeded by eighty-three votes the vote
cast fbr the Democratic presidential elec
tors There was also an excess of such
\*.tes In the Sanford precinct
The rules adorted and sent out by the
State Democratic Committee for tiw* gov
ernment of the primary elections, pro
vided tiiie those who voted at the Demo
cratic primary must have first voted the
entire county, state and national Dcmo
> tali ■ ticket a: the regular election The
primary election included not only the
• apltal remove, queettop. hut all npisjirU
ive offices in the state. The last Dento
retie platform made the hhl -r-cmmi *f
the Denkt ratio votes at the primary h
necessary proceedure |n I*4erminlng
whom the governor should appoint.
Mr. Beggs also (Vied a similar protest
against the canvass of 4h* vote of the
Pinecastle prr inct in which there was a
strong majority in fa\*or of his opponent.
It Is reported here shat similar •'ontests
will be brought In two precincts in Dad*
• otrnty. in each of which there was vi
large majority for Beggs These contest*
will be carried before the State t'ommittee
The vote between Jones and Beggs Is so
close In she dtatrlot that it will probnhh
require the official count to deckle which
received the greater number
%WI %l. FIKL.fI TRIAiA.
Will Itealti Thursday on rreserxes at
kewlnn, C.
Newton. N. C.. Nov. 11.—Th. annual
m>*** of the E.i*i.rn Fl*!<l Trial. Oub
hrro. hr.ln* Thunday, ai*l airra.lv a nuni
brr .if trainer* nlth their kennel* have
arrive.! The meet protnlw* to be one of
the mot InrKely Htirnrlr.l In the hi*tory
..f the clu > The trials will be run on
the preserve, leate.l hy the rlub. wh!.-h
rover n Urn* tract of larwl an.! upon
which birrh* are numernu*.
tiif. i. ihi.kit ok ni\Mo\r>n *
I nrnl. It W Mrfirly Half „
l*<* ii ni —it U Of the Ktrat Watm
Crom the Jea.l.ri' Circular
No aluale Object exhibit,,l at the Pari,
exposition even remotely approaches in
value (he xl-ani n* .ruhllee” .l .ution I. a*
II ha, been calletl in rommemuratton of
the Jubilee of the relxn ®f the gueen of
Enflitnl, It {, a dlamoml of the flrat
-ater in! nr a beauty anti ,!xo that leave
nnythlnx known heretofore far hehlit I
Thta larxeat moet coxtly of all 11-
ainontl, wetxim 1 n 11, present shape 2
'tara*,. while the next laraest, vlx . the
"tirloff," rrownlnit the ttuanlan tmterlal
sceptre, welch, hut !9t, karat. Also a
recards whltenes, an<l fire, as well as In
the wonderful |ierfect(on of It, cut. th
" Jubilee" excels all its rivals
For the time bolnc this Ooltath amort•
praclova stones t, still owner] by a syndl
cate of capitalists connected with th-
Jaaorafonteln mine. In which It wae
fount). With reganil to the price one can
hardly speak about that until the stone
has been sold, un evert whl-h la doubt
less not colnc lo take plabe th a hurry,
for the funrd stationed by the showcase
eontalntnc the s|a,rkllnc ttm elves Its
value at S.fksttsn francs, whether correctly
or not Is hard to say Only one thing
seems assured, namely, that the stone
shown to the admlrlne efowds In the
palais on the K-splanade ,|e. Invalid-, Is
paste, while Its orllnl Is kiwt somewhere
In secure custody.
This gem was found in June ID. ISiW, at
Jagersfnntetn. In the Orange Free ft! ate
The stone was plcknl up by a native while
hp wss loading a truck, and although a
white overseer was standing near him he
managed to secrete It and kept It on his
person for Some time In this case, how
ever, it did not ppar that he proposed
stealing the gem, hut only wished to de
liver It tiersonally to the manager. Thl
he did, and as a bonus he received (ISA
and a horse, saddle an.l bridle The dia
mond weighed In the rough exactly 971*,
karats, or about 71-Id ox avoirdupois Fn
fortunately It had a brack spot about the
middle, but It was so plneed as to allow
the stone being cut Into two with the
spot falling out.
STEW AWT M AVOIDS 0014).
Fifth Ivennt Palace Sernred by a
> ndlcntr.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
New York. Nov Alexander T Stew
art's many heirs have at last add the fa
mous mansion of the dead merchant
prince. > the northwest <Arner of Fifth
avenue ami Thirty-fourth afreet The
price paid for the* property I* In the neigh
borhood of t1.K00.000. The buyer Is a syn
dicate comprising wealthy real estate bp
eratora and bankers Thun far the pur
chasers have concealed their Identity, and
If possible they will not allow their names
to become public until they are tn actual
pnsesskm. This may not he for thirty or
sixty days, as the title has to be searched
and other preliminaries arranged
As soon a* the syndicate hue become
the owner of t' * record. Jr I* said, th*
marble house will be torp down ami the
site graded to the street level Ii I* then
proposed to erect two-story store and
business building, to be rented to a mer
chant or merchants tarrying a high class
line of goods This sort of building I*
known as a "taxpayer.” the rent from It
furnishing money enough to pay the
taxes ami very low rate of Interest on
the Investment Such an Improvrm'hu
*lll save the owners of the properly from
continuing loss In taxes while they deter
mine on the character ll? Cffi* structure
they will finally erect
Th* Rtewart property ha* a frontage of
|)| feet on Fifth avenue and 150 feet on
Thlriy-fdurth atreee, and t ihu* suffi
ciently large for an imposing structure.
It was purchased by the late A T fit-w--
art in lilt, and the present mansion, which
is said lo have rose lI.DOh.fllM, was erected
several years later.
—Devotee* of golf are fond of referring
to It as "the ancient ami royal game."
It lx probably more royal ami certainly
far more ancient than moe* of them have
tiny Idea of. At oil events a pictured
tablet was recently unearthed at Car
•hemish. the old capital of the Mimics,
wnereon are depicted men and women
engaged In a paetlme. which. If no! exact
ly golf as played at present, la some
j thing extraordinarily Ilk* lb
The prophietors of
Warner's Sale Cure
will send to any |rr*©n request
ing sum**, a free sample of Warner's Hafe
Cure. Mention this paper b n 1 to-day.
ATOin OF %% OLD W \t l I.LIM.
A Family Impox erlsbed in *rn*e
i-UtIMK It
From the New York Evening Tost
Washington. <*• >-Tne stag> a**
the Story-book are full of talcs of per- |
stts tv ho have i*ursu* 1 phantom claims
against the government, shlh. In sr.
of undoulHetl merits, have landed them *n
tit* poor house or the Hotter s Field, but ;
rarely is one of thee* c*s -f i' real It*** j
btought to public attention
In the White I lag *e maiith* other day
came ft letter for Mrs M Ktnlr> *KgitK
her to Intercede with the EresMent and
Indue** him to invessuite the writer>
ease. The letter sin In a f<n*nin hand,
and. though rudely spelled in p * --s wi
generally well express*.l The writer said
that she inherited from her nncher n
claim agamst th* governtnert which ought
to have been paid a quarter of century
ago. In trying to colb t it the family
had spent every penn\ they had at com
mam), had mortgaged their home and
lost it by foreclosure, u I now were re
duced to extreme need tvteh nothing mi
w hich to build a hope of future suoce**
except the interforenc* of some piwarful
personage In their behalf The fir*; law
yer they had appllsd to had told them
that they wuUI gee th* tr money in Jan
uary last, and on the strength of that
hod demanded a s2** fee As they had no
money, they proetnted the case to their
landlord, who was n merciful man and ad
'anetd th* m the necssar> sum as n l*n
Then this lawyer, having put them into
ommunicatlon with a firm of claim at
torneys In Washington. lt*ap|earesl and
they have no: been able to find him since.
The Washington altontevs items < tm*‘ to
the front wfth a demand for a contingent
fee. to consist of on half of whatever
they might obtain from the governtnen:
Now che fk>e no# hear from th* Wash
ir gton firm either, and she ts In despair.
Tne letter continues
"There seems to le ro more Justice on
this earth. I forfeited my home, and even
borrowed money to try to g*u my rights,
but got nothing Now ih*- winter Is com
isg on. I have not a lump of coal to burn
Vlv four little boys are g *4ng to sch*o|
every day without nv unlerc'ethes on.
and with very thlw suits, you may know
what they are when I bought two suits
at H cent* each and two at GH cents ea h
Myself and husband r * Just as hsdly off
I have a good hushund a man that never
spends a cent foolish!?. Bu* he can not
get out of thi* struggle He i* only driv
ing a gro ery warn, and gets s’! a week
Out of that we try to He. a cd we have
to pay f!4 a month rent Our boy* nre
net able to help us vet Our oldest son
will he Ut years old thl- mouth, end the
others are 11. X and * years t>kl • • •
"If i could on y get pild that claim. T
would see my way clear to educate mv
*on* and tet along sn the worid again
ns we use.! to. But as thing** star*}, may
tjod help us (his winter!"
A search of the flis In the Court of
Claims, made by your correspondent to
day. discovered the papers In this case,
showing that the mother of Mrs McKin
ley’s correspondent was the widow of a
well-to-do Irish contractor who removed
in 1853 from ('Tticag** to a Bout hern state
bordering on the MlssHslppi river, where
he undertook consMemNe Jol on the
levees. The Civil LV.ir * ante on, and one
day . body of Fdeml irtepp came to the
place where the widow lived, and pre
pared to throw up a fortification. Accord
ing to her affidavit, they todt from her
two hors*** valued at J.w each, one mule
valued at 1125 UM wheelbarrows, valued at
f714. 8* shovel* vn! I'.l nt f'l, iG.OOfi focf
<yf pine rlank, value.! nt and eighteen
pairs of double blankets, valued at $!44.
making a to*al vgnation of >2 554
An army board was first called to took
Into her case and. after liking all ih*
testimony It could procure, but without
Impugning h*r good faith In nskipg for
more money, out her claim down to $535 50,
throwing out the horse* nd (he mule be
cause she could not prove positively
whether these were taken for the govern
ment service and reducing eh* amount
of lumber and th* number of wheelbar
rows and shovels o what they could es
timate had been actually usd h, con
structing the fortification The |o r wo
man appear* to have been Ignorant of
ehe necVasitv of vouchers for her prop
erty. and tale such (otper which was vol
untarily given to her she deposited eg!h
a clerk of erne of Ih* officers, a'hn pro
posed to raise money for her on It; but
she never eaw the clerk or th* voucher
or the money thereafter. This experience
had the efi.-te of in iking her so suspi
cious that she would not trust worn' of
her original paper* even with the- chair
men of the military board, a rcfuwil
whleh appears to have cast her sign*
thing, fihe afterward went to live with
her married daughter In Chicago, and
the whole family seem to have turned
their attention to the nolle Sion of her
claim A civil commi doner was present
ly authorised to examine the claim, but
after looking Into It concluded that ade
quate proof was la king of the lovaily of
the willow lo hrr husband. One of the
IMlnol* congressmen undertook fo get a
private hill passed for her relief, but did
not succeed, and under one of the gen
era! acts the case was turned over to the
Gotirt of Claims for adjudication There
II hue lyln*? *lx nr ymm, th
evidence being In so Itsperfevfi a eondl
tion that the attorneys hove aiutarsntly
been somewhat loath to pres* It
Fo the story miy he summed up th.s
way; At the hand* of somebody purport
ing to represent the Fnlted States gov
ernment. the widow lest more than $2 3) >
worth of property, tier claim for It. when
rifted with the usual formalities, was rut
lown nearly nine-tenth* In order to col.
lect the remaining $235, the family has
Impoverished Itself, lost Its horns.and add
-1 ed $25 to Its debt*, this sum presumptively
carrying Interest till repaid Of the pitl
ful residue of the rlalm. one-h!f will hr
required as a contingent fee for lha at
torneys who argue the case before the
courts This reduce* It to IlfiTTf., from
which must tie deducted the s,’s loan and
a modicum for Interest, leaving about
D4O to be paid over to the original claim
ant'* heir* if no more expense* are In
curred It l upon this sum, the mengre
ness of which she probably does not y*t
rrallxe. that Mrs McKinley’s rorrearxtn
■lent expects to educate her children and
restore the old comfortable conditions of
her life' H ave ary of the plays or novel*
told a more distressing story? And who
can fall to read the moral ia It?
—Sunday law* are wtrlclly enforced In
Honolulu. Not only are all saloon* and
bars kept tightly closed and elort* for
bidden to sell, but any one who attempt*
to play ball or Indulge In any other sport
on Sunday la carried before a magia'rtt*
to pay a fine or go to Jail.
lfte Ordeal is
> Childbearing is a perfectly natural func- j*. *
| Don, but it robbed of its terrors where -§*•-;;
! the virtue of “Mothor’m FrlaiuV'
> k known. This uniouc liniment, applied tn;
| exlafnally, relaxes all the muscles,so that
i The Ordcn Is Eflsy
t wtt-t. OLT, st Lt*'*ii*, leva, •tom -g'tlw't SOaol' , m*.S •* tWetpt ef sdee,
I K,fUs**U w y -tfc *t*U'"e.*K.. ti is**.. It "•'O. iX*eceej." *I.OO per bettle.
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W - - A _
PRESIDENTIAL DRAWBACKS.
I‘HOFITs AMD Ettas tF HOED) hi. Till;
1111*11 | t*IFHF.
I olln Fame Is assured. Hat There
are Mnm Other MaMers to He t *♦-
• llrre| In Holding the t hief Mug
litracj of This Nation—— borne Ux
eeptinnnl Motel lulls.
From the Galveston News
Apropos of t;is *- >tml Quadminial rc>
of Bryan \ McKlnUy. let us consular
the |em* of personal ptxjflt ami loss in
curred by lorn who wins the g**?tl
tn our lie- of j, esidentlal profits enter
first “perpetual fame ** Blnce history be
gan it has never Is of thi name of a s (i
gle exe*'ulve wh- *♦* --1 at the he id
of a rnigm mttion t;.Ks|. b,*l weak
Indifferent Kitixs or f*rcs:dents of conse
quential state* alike hare the asaumne#
tha; iheir •* imes will ever b printed
!n all c.\i.,ei inguagee eu*l pronounel
by m. ‘ivtl.xe-i tengues
Ctmakler next ihe uaais of pecuniar?-
gain The presidential salary Is 1900.6*1
a term s!3* a dav. E' 75 an hour It
looks targe yet many Americana In pri
vate business receive the same regular
pa> The Preside©: ot Franc* receive?*
nts>r* than twice at mtich Our Preside nt
of course pavs r., rent for the \5 bile
House or # or its stabler Congress an
nually appropriate* t n-xl! fortune to
keep them in repair During Arthur**
sdminlstratb n it made ai e *iol approria
lons of IkMvnr* for refurnishing the man
sion. while in Cleveland** first ahn!nla
test U>n fT* #* si* given White House
repairs smi fumisMngs have cost more
than one and three-quarter millions with
in the |st century The coal wood, xas
and electric light bills of the mansion ire
paid hy Unde Bain who further aioa*
his chief serxan? f<* •**> u year * cabin-#
officer’s a.’ttr\ for stationers record
bocks, books for the **\# -utlve lihnarv.
leiegrams ffi e furnishinnt care of lh* i >
president til stables uat the carriag •**
horw-s and harness used by the White
House office force Add to this an annual
salary of $1 * for the White House st#u
ard. whose hulnee is 4o mjperlnteiul
the housekeeping of the mansion The
government further pays the President’*
valet hi* wife’s maid and the groom of
the White House stable* It pa\# for
washing the linen him) for the house • lean
ing of the mansion Moreover, Presidents,
a> a general rule have no doctor's hid#
to pa\ In Washington there is nlwnys
stationed an attending physician for ths
officers of the army and navy and their
families living here
The President, as comma ruler-4n-chief
of the army and navy, ts legally entitl'd
to this professional service. The big ex -
pens** of Garfield's Illness after hi# assas
sination was piUl by congre**
Oarlua is of glfta come Into (he White
House during each n lmlntstrnrion The
White House garret Is always full to
overflowing with useless presents Among
th article* presented to President McKin
ley hHVe been Moscow, it fit Itemard dg
weighing HO ponnd', end India tiger skin
rug eleven and on*.half fe*t long, a pair
of antlers worth $1,500. ti mosaic table, a
toilet warer sod of gold and cut glass with
gilt stand a act of goid and sliver toilet
articles In a morocco case, a bronxe lamp
on a base of onyx, numerous pie-es of
fancy work, embroidery, tapestry, rsrved
wood and paintings, too or son pipe -, no end
of Manila, Havana and Porto Rlrnn ci
gars an l uncountable medicines flume
time ago dbe French ambassador pieseotod
Mr McKinley with two exquisite > sacs
mad* In France'- national pore*! tin works
at Serves and selected by President Faure
before hi* death Kvcry President receives
trom far and wide eatable and drinkables
of every description Fvery Thanksgiving
and Christmas day he receives anywhere
from a doxen to a score of turkey* Must
of those bird* come from Rhode Island,
and It I* the boast of their raiser* tha!
they are fed only on gra'"hopper*. On
Thanksgiving day two y><*r* ago the
Provident pnrtook of a twenty-eight
pound bird, the record breaker of this
administration Grant’s table was once
graced by a thlrty-four-pounder. Various
presidents before M K Utley's ndmmWtr*
lion have been given expensive liquors
and wdnes by the tittrrcl
The omforts assured by the presidency
may be assured next upon thl* list of
profit" Harrteon and other president*
have complained that the White House 1*
an evil combination of worshop and dwell
ing under the one roof; yet whet there
Is of It ha* ever been luxuriously main
tained When President's wife desires
new furnishing*, new ornaments, new dec
oration* or new housekeeping utens'ls for
her official* residence eh' need not ask
her husband for the wherewithal; she sim
ply summons the muster of White House
eer'-monles -a bonded army officer, who
disburse* the appropriations made by Con
gre* These Finds are regularly glv< n
with the understanding that they nr* to
he expended i>* the executive family see*
fit. Tn this way Mr (Irani purchased for
the While House table a silver canoe, still
used for containing flora! decorations at
state dinners, for which was paid ll.otto
During Jackson's admin's!ration $1 Jut was
paid for the *eeon.l-had ancestral silver
service of Heron De Tuyll. Russian
Mr* Hayes had painted * set of chut*
which .-net IIS.W All *u”h article* of
course remain the property of Fnele Bam
fiaim admlnlstratlnon to admlnistrttlon.
and no preallentlal family can apt.oprl
ae n dollar's worth a* a souvenir In the
practical housekeeping of the executive
mansion the presidential family 1s entlr Iv
relieved from cere The steward doe* all
merdketlng and ha* the superintendence
of ell servant*. Th* master of ceremonies
and assliant secretaries a'lend to all
arrangements for social functions, even
to th* seating of the gusts at dinner and
the issuing of Invitation# The official
maid attend* to all personal wants of the
first lady or the land, lusl a* does th*
..fficlal valet to those of th* President
President* have usually selected personal
servant* who are expert barber*, hut Mr
McKinley ha* always preferred to shave
himself
The While House I* redolent Ih* year
round with perfume* of nature's chokv t
Slower* Fncle Sam furnishes a larg
i onaerv.itory and several greenhouse* for
Ih* exclusive uee of preeldenila! families
Whenever m is! la desired for seat* func -
tion* th* great marine band* or any of
the army or navy can be ordered
to the mansion by Ire oommender
in-chl'f When a President Has el* he Is
offered the handsomest and best equipped
ttaln to be had It I* burk'd with flow
er* and palatial!)- furnished Flalmratc
menu card* are engraved and embossed
for each meal Th* market* are previous
ly ransacked for their chok-eel game and
sea food* When he wishes to travel by
water the President has at his disposal
hi* luxuriously appointed yacht. Sylph
t'pnr. thl* he may take plsaaure at any
time
As Presklene of the Fnltefl State* a man
enjoys greater constitutional power* than
h- might as Klr.g of England The ap
pointing power of a President I* limited
by the civil servtcw laws, which can be
f, **l wnuHn t Ho vrithnnt Pearline ; I w0..',,1n , if I roii'-f.
• oVA) * couldu' Jo w.ihou: Pearline ; I couldn't i( l >1"
lj - J [Csatidsned t y Pssf'tns a
tg/ v \ She means to say that should a washing medi
rJA iy um * nvcnlct l iat would equal
Fc ar l* n c in lahor-aving and
■rvv.\Ag/ h.irmlcssncss, she would still stick
t { to P-arline. She feels it isn t worth
i I while to consider that possibility
V " further. As things are now, washing
I with Pearline is so easy and so
economical, she really couldn't afford
to risk anything else. i
Millions sing the praises of Pearline.
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TELEPHONE NO. 123.
changed, of course, by the dominant pow
er of Congress Were Ih* civil service
law repealed a President would probably
ifitv.- at hie dl*|w>*ai MMMO offi.ee where
as Mr McKinley * official patronage lias
amounted to only not coupling [Sts!-
masterships In either estimate The
choicest office* Ut the gift of the Presi
dent are ambaasedotwhlp* and minister*
paying as high a* s!7.*ri eon mil general- .
ship*, often |mying 135.1*0 !|> fee*; fin- |
preine Court Justiceship*, pa'inn from ;
ftowirt down, territorial governorship*, a* ;
high a "!,*>. and cabinet officer*, at
t*,uxt
Our President enjoy the highest assn
notion*. Intellectually ami socially. Their
function* are attended hy learned sehol- I
are, great statesmen and Isolde of royal
anal noble Mead The President l* the
host of emperor* and king* visiting this
country Mr MUliuey has already en- |
tert-tined a prince, a princes* end tw.
presidents He I* regularly i-ald home*-
a* will b' !il successor by duk** mar- 1
qtilee*. count*, viscount"•and baron*, cot. I
stlttMlng a pari of that official coterie
whleh In a monarchy wluld be termed Hie
"court."
The aft-r benefit* which the high*** of
fice In the land guarantees It* Incumbents
*r* many. The title “ex-Preatdent" hs*
the greatest posetbl* advsrtlsmg value.
Harrison, after leaving the While House,
received a* high * 11.000 a page for molt
Stine article*. !,*’ for a short series
of law lecture* and several tremendous
law feea. one amounting lo Fur
thermore a i'reel.lent or **-ITetd#nt tlnd*
himself a great !*am fur real estate in ;
whleh he invest* Mr Cievelaitd bought I
•Red Top." his summer honu near <hta
city, for $35 <nt wnd sold It for sll*.'•*>
Ille Inveeitnt nt at Buxxaid'a h*y anl
Princeton have Imusi follve<l by great
is,urns
latter next th* lasting larirfit* which
the presidency offer* to wives and pos
terity of list UK'umbfid* It 1* safe to eav
that history will never forget th<- con
sort* of our i idef executive# What la
more, of practical Wurth, the presidency
carries with II virtual Ilf* lostliwnce Fnn
gresa has rsrahllshe I the cttxtum of al
low Uig a pension of s&.> a yar lo Pr
.denis' widow*, whether aggrieved during
Ihelr husbands admlntallwtlone or lut'd
If fh chief executive die# In office h.r
widow receive# the lailance of Hie salary
Which he would have earn'd during ol
four year* Cotigrea*' further confer*
upon pr.-aklenllal widow* the rlghi lo use
Ihe mall* fr*"’ Mrs Grunf aiel Mrs. Gar
fiekl are enjoying these privilege' In
addition to her pension. Mr*. Garfield r*
-elvetl a fortune of rxkMUO conlrlbuied tv
the people of the United Brutes JeffcC
on * friends, after he left the White
House snd fell Into poverty, raised IH.VSI
for him But th* prealdency hss entailed
curving fortunes to the children of H*
incumbent*. The son of John Adame and
the gre mis an of Ihe first Harrison *u
, seated to ih<- lilghrstt office l.tn iln s
son served a* Secretary of War amt min
ister to Kngland Grant's son he. am*
minister to Austria and nrlgadler e'-neral
of volunteets His grandson and th* "ei
of liny** obtained military commissions
Th* grandson of Po.k represent* a Penn
sylvania district in rongr*** Y*t th"
sort of Tvler a few year* ago died her*
in poverty and obsctirfiy
In our "lo#" column we will find en
tered the pecuniary expenditures demand
ed of a president In past campaign* It
ha* cost many men dt ally lo become mere
pfesld. nllat candldste*,. The candidate on
the at .rnp suffets lews, financially, than
he svho remain- home and keep- open
1 ion*' come to Washington In proper
style before ItiauguHMlou usually costs a
pretty penny. Cleveland's hotel bill her*
In March, 11. wee sstx> a day. Although
ihe government pays the White Hous*
steward, valet, maid and groan the
wagi* of the coachman, cooks and other
personal servant*-usually ten or a doxen
more—must come out of the chlsf execu
tive's ilocket. The Prerid'-nt must buy
the horsee and carrlnges devoted to his
own use and must purchase hi* own h>r*e
feed Although state dinners at Ihe Whit*
House are official affairs, h* must per
sonally hear their expense Hayes spent
M.oon on one such spread McKinley'#
Dewey dinner I# sail to have cost ll.dhn
That to Prince Albert of Belgium prob
*hly cost ss much. In each administra
tion there must be twelve state dinners,
and these coat anywhere from $-Vo to li on
apiece. Th* fiecretsry of t*is Is allowed
a "secret fund" of for Ihe enter
tainment of official forrlgners. The ex
pen'll turc of this need not be account* 1
for But the Presided ha* no such fund.
If h# entertain aboard h! official yacht,
hq must settle for ail ealables, drinkable*
and emokable*. Yet *h* I* a naval vessel
and he I* command.r-ln-ehl*f of the navy.
Th* grind upon a Prealdeni's physical
and nervous system I* an Item more seri
ous than Ih* wear and tear upon nle
lx>ckettK>ok Kven before the busy war
prriod Mr. McKinley’s working dsy *'.<*-
sged fifteen hotirs. Kvery Pre Ident i
hunted by crank* and lunatics, n g<dlv
proportion of wtioni would attempt vio
lence on gaining accees to I Im. A few
of th* Whit* House ersnk callers during
IM* administration have been a man
claiming to be the Pope, another believ
ing himself prophet Inspir'd by Ihe Al
mighty and sent to warn the President
that some high offlcla! was to be "remov
ed" frrpn thl* world; > tail Herman who
wished to teach the President haw lo *-
amine naval recruits, sn okl woman with
the photograph of * >ouse In which she
claimed to have been gobbed et *
man who Insisted upon preaching ssr
mon In the vestibule of the n -rth .long
and * German who call's! for relief froth
pereeciitlon* bv the Patholl Church
A vast e'esnent rsgard a Preside nt ss an
a'.l-powcrful dictator, who esn t ight any of
their imagined wrong* by a simple com
mand lie I* asked how foriucs* can be
made and Is flooded with begging tetters.
Mr McKinley ha* hem .apt>ealed to to
grant several divorcee Ai Christmas
children nddrees hint in letter* as "Hear
Hanta finis" Many people lielteve that
Stub It being as ' I'ncle dam" live* In Ih#
White House and d.lfe*s their letters ac
eordtngly Thro ighou’ the .-otintry a
President can a wavs depend upon n vast
tshlrtei of self-constltut*d advisers From
many ssntrces he Is heaped with abuse.
Georgs Washington white President, was
accused bv a New York paper of over
drawing his sclaty s.V*n
Rut what most sorely tries the h**|th
of a President I* Ihe nth, *-**ektn* c;*#*.
I t* estimated that 500.000 <• 1 *1 lh
Wl.Pe Ho"** each admlnbtrallrvn under
existing elvll service laws Many mil
lion* will pester the rhtf executive who
tet# down these hsra to office F.lghty
[teople on an average, heg the f’rssldent
for each office tn hi* gift By dtsrtppotnt
tng seventy-nine upon each appointment
a Pre-ldeni eenllxe* that he Might* many
of Ihelr lives or make* them politics! ene
mies The wife of a former raval officer
commuted suicide heraure she could not
get a place as charwoman early In this
administration. Bo thick were the office,
seekers In the spr.t.g of 's7 that they sunk
the floor of the Pr-'S'dent's office lobby
four Inches.
A President'* social dulls* ore by no
means r< taxing A publl reception al
ways leaves him with a right hand soro
and swollen This vexr. hy actual count,
Mr McKinley broke s i previous hand
shaking records He grasped hundreds of
lalmwat the rale of on* |>*r second.
A President l tailed upon to selllo
social rquiihble# latiwsen hi* cfficfal*. Mr.
McKinley ha* hail to solve several such
problems, notably when he Informed
l’auncefot* that lie must pay a first call
upon Hobart and when he Informed
lawry that army officers have social
precedence over nnv.il offi ere it White
House receptions Anew President mov
ing Into the White House I# 1 mined lately
grabbed at by all ehurches of his denomi
nation. lasoklng about him he Amts him
self the greatest advertising medium In
tlie country A thousand bland* of mer
chandise bear his pi lure Most of his
gifts are given with Ihe hope that hi* ac
knowledgment will have advertising
weight Moreover, o President has Is**
liberty than the humblest law-abiding clt-
Ixen of hi* republic lie must not leave
the country during hl *<imlnl#tra!lon He
1s forbidden to vti.lt any fo>elgn embassy,
legation, consulate cr warship.
PIHIIOT HKII SIC It TO HE riora.
Woman Tried tn Make It Sax "It I ess
the l.ord!*'— II Fleas tsy.
From the New York Work!.
DOBT-THE GFNTDKMAN WHO CAP
tured a pet bird on or near Ninety-fifth
street will please communicate with Rev.
Phehe A Hans fori), jni West Eighty
eighth street, who haw last a pet parrot
and offers reward for It* return
"1 put this advertisement In tlie paper*
In hopes that It might lead to the re
de said th Rev
' I'hebe Ail ana font In her home at No. 3)1
(vast lllghly-cighth street yesterday to a
Work! reporter. “The bind really la as
much the property of Miss Ellen E. Miles.
| who lives with me here, as mine It waa
presented to her four years ago by Mrs.
fit. John Gaffney, and Miss Mils* very
generously prcuented me- half th* parrot
"It ta a wonderful parrot -H came from
Australia and Is six years old It Is bright
green lb color tutd of the site of a plump
roldn
“Yes, W can speak twenty languages,
hut not all of them correctly," In’erposed
Miss Miles. "It Is a remtrkshle mimla
and extremely Intelligent. We never kept
It In a cage except when It was naughty.
It alwa> milked until w* unlocked tha
door. Then | would xhrlek 'Ah-ha! Hera
we an* again. I m a good parrot now!'
"Mr*. Hanaford, wito l* a minister, yon
know, tried to teach the parrot to aay
Mlesa the Lord!' All Ihe parrol would an.
awsr was. 'Oh. go to the devil!' iitn Mrs.
Hanaford kept at It and I really think
that I* why the parrot, two weeks ago.
(lew out of the window.
"Last Monday we notified the principals
of two public •> hool* nar by of Ih* loas
of Ihe parrot and all the pupils wer* ask
ed by ihelr teacher# to be on the watch
tor this parrot.
"That same evening Albert Walsh, a
sdhotdbo). conn lo us and weld he taw
the parrot the day It escaped In his yard
Ml No, 141 West Ninety-fifth street. Ha
'lied to clasp It and It flew to th# fir*
i r-tcape Another boy caught It and gava
it to conductor of a trolley car. who ran
Into the yard declaring he had lost a par
rot from hi* home In Seventy-first street.
"The boy said the parrot kept calling
McKinley! McKinleyy uttle Jn.vt* GslT
nsy. Mrs. Gaffney's Utile girl, taught Ihe
bird In HW. to shout for McKinley fio If
any one hoars a toirrot rooting for Me*
Kiniey he may know the bird belongs to
Mrs Hanaford and me.
"Mrs. Hanaford and I would pay a big
rewaid for the return of tlie pnrroL W#
c9tialder it worth at Moat $39,000,*'
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